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    F12 Series- Wireless signal issues?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by slowhands89, Sep 20, 2010.

  1. slowhands89

    slowhands89 Newbie

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    Have just moved into a pretty old house, I was expecting there may be some pretty bad wireless issues (its an old terrace with some pretty chunky interior walls!), but have had worse experiences with my new Vaio than I expected...

    In my bedroom, I seem to get an average of 4 bars wireless signal (as far as Win7 is concerned) but get a meagre 1mbps (compared to the 10mbps I get from just being in the hallway outside).

    I would try and just come to terms with this, but the strange thing is- my HTC Desire has almost no wifi signal, but manages around 8mb in my room (even when placed exactly in all the positions I've tried my laptop). This just doesn't seem to make sense to me?!

    Is there some known wireless antenna deficiency in the F12 series, and more importantly does anyone have any tips on what I should try doing?

    So far I have tried:
    -Many different locations in my room. My Desire always manages between 3 and 8mpbs whilst my laptop ranges from 0.6 to 2mbps.
    -Experimenting with wireless N both on and off (I'm using an N compatible router)
    -Ensuring the wireless adapter is set to maximum power consume (no power saving)

    Any help would really be appreciated!
     
    slowhands89, Sep 20, 2010
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  2. Crus-T

    Crus-T Notebook Consultant

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    Is your HTC only using your WiFi network ?
    How many walls are they between your WiFi transmitter and your F12 when in your bedroom ? Any metallic structures ?

    As you get 10mbps near your transmitter it looks like an environmental attenuation of your wireless signal.
     
    Crus-T, Sep 21, 2010
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  3. slowhands89

    slowhands89 Newbie

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    To answer those very valid questions...

    -Yes, my HTC has its mobile network disabled and is only connected to that wireless router
    -As for number of walls, there is only 1 wall which I think could be causing an problem, which isn't even a load-bearing wall or anything like that. I am however 1 floor up from the router.
    -Nothing metallic more than a coat-peg or two whatsoever nearby, other than the possibility of concealed piping in the wall or floor

    The issue that I find somewhat confusing is why the issues would affect my F12 so much more dramatically than my HTC Desire? I wouldn't have expected the attenuation to be so much more of a problem on a laptop compared to a smartphone.
     
    slowhands89, Sep 22, 2010
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